R 23,1941
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1941.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Spooner-Thayer Exhibits Ten Japanese Stencils
By RALPH COLDREN
Mulberry fiber paper prepared with the juice of the persimmon and waterproofed with a hard-drying oil—that is the kind paper the Japanese made their stencils from two centuries ago.
Spooner-Thayer museum has a collection of more than 200 these intricate and very delicate examples of Japanese handi-
raft and now has 10 of the more interesting stencils on exhibit.
Stencils are used by the Japanese to transfer exceedingly intricate designs on textile fabrics. The stencils comprising Spooner - Thayer's collection are of the most fragile character yet they prove extraordinarily durable for the purpose for which they are intended, that of being capable of manifold expressions.
pecial Paste and Dye Used
The stencils are manufactured byasting two superimposed sheets of strong but very thin paper upon a board. The paper is then cut out in the desired pattern and only the fragile pattern outlines are left. The paper is then soaked from the board and the two parts are separated so that a fine web of human hair and fine ilk can be put between them. The air lines are too fine to obstruct the low of color from the stenciler's brush and are invisible in the computed work. Purpose of the web is to mold the delicate stencils together and produce a gossamer-like appearance.
The actual stenciling is done by means of a special paste applied to till the open spaces in the stencil plate. When the paste has dried on the cloth, the stencil is removed and the background of the design has been formed. Next the dye, which acts only on that part of the cloth not covered by paste, is applied to the plate. After the dye dries, the paste is washed off and a replica of the stencil stands out on the fabric.
Stencils Not Sold in Japan
At the top and bottom of each stencil plate are two small holes which form no part of the actual design. Through these holes points are passed into corresponding holes left by the previous impression. In this way a perfect "fitting" and continuity in printing and design are ensured.
Stencil plates are not sold to the public in Japan because they are a working tool of the handicraftsman and not for sale. The collection of plates in this country was probably over by some European who was impressed by the beauty of design and great skill displayed in cutting of the stencils.
Rivalry Between Stencilers
Japanese stenil plates are divided into pinhole squares to facilitate separation. In 1852 the British government paid an individual 4,000 pounds for the idea of separating postage stamps by this same method!
The stencils in Spooner - Thayer include those of the period of Temmei, 1781-1830, the most interesting period of stencil work and a period characterized by great personal rivalry between stencilers. Each artist had his special identifying design drawn in ink at the top of each plate.
At times the Japanese used old documents and manuscripts for their stencils because the paper was of the desired quality and more easily gotten than the mulberry fiber paper.
Dixie Fowler, Miller Hall, danced at the Coronation ball at the American Royal Saturday night, the guest of Bill Pritchard, University Kansas City.
happenings on the hill
The modern trend in education: Prof. Seba Eldridge's major social movements class will hold a dinner meeting tonight in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union building. Three credit hours are given in the course, with two class meetings each week scheduled, and one meeting by appointment.
Several dozen Co-op boys were sleepy-eyed this morning after a hectic night of searching for two missing trophies. The trophies were awarded for intramurals to the Jayhawk Co-op last sping, but a problem was created when half the boys moved to the Rock Chalk house this fall. The new house got the trophies, displayed them on the mantel until they disappeared last week.
Suspecting Ted Young of the John Moore Co-op, Rock Chalk boys kidnaped him last night, took him to Potter lake, and threatened him with inundation unless he divulged information about the trophies. In the resulting scramble Young's knee was badly cut, so the Rock Chalk's went to search the Jayhawk house while Young was being taken to the hospital by John Conard, Greg Studer, and Orville Kreztmeier.
Harold Fields (also known as Chester Fields) was captured at the Jayhawk house and taken to the lake, while the rest of the J. H. boys, arising too late to save Fields, went to the Rock Chalk house to rescue him. The R. C. house was locked, but Conard, Studer, and Kretzmeier were caught in the ambush as they returned from the hospital.
A call was made to the Jayhawk house and it was found that Fields had been brought back, so everyone went home, pacified for the moment.
Two staff members are assigned to the medic course in microscopic anatomy一one to instruct the class, the other to make out the tests. Dr.Willett Asling, the instructor, took one of the tests recently made a grade of 70!
Even after this involved story, the trophies remained undiscovered. Further developments in the incident will undoubtedly come at the Rock Chalk party Saturday night, after all concerned find out what happened last night.
The weekend exodus from Miller Hall this weekend will include Persis Snook, going to Kansas City; Lucy Trott, visiting Miss Kay Hall in Tonganoxie; Barbara Reber and Nadine Hunt, attending the National Student Council convention at Lincoln, Nebr.; Colleen Poorman, going home to Wichita; and Joanne Williams, going to her home in Clay Center.
Geology Faculty Attend Conference
Dr. L. R. Laudon, associate professor of geology, and Arthur L. Bowsher, assistant instructor in geology, recently attended the annual Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin Tri-State field conference.
The conference, made up of about 200 geologists from the tri-state area, spent two days in southeastern Iowa studying the Mississippi river's drainage history, glacial deposits, Mississippian rocks, and the extinct glacial Lake Calvin. The origin and geologic history of Lake Calvin was first worked out by Dr. W. H. Schoewe, associate professor of geology.
Paying his tuition at University of Cincinnati college of law with 102 silver dollars, a student explained the money came from his sideline as a justice of the peace.
LOST: Light tan billfold. Identification inside. Reward. Call Scotty Knox, 444.
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